Reddick rides a 急速な／放蕩な car and good fortune into the second 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the NASCAR Cup Series プレーオフs
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Tyler Reddick knows you need to have 速度(を上げる） to 勝利，勝つ a NASCAR Cup Series 選手権. Denny Hamlin knows just 同様に that you need to have breaks go your way.
Reddick had both going for him Sunday at Kansas Speedway, taking advantage of a late 警告を与える and four fresh tires to 微風 by six other drivers in the final two （競技場の）トラック一周s for the 勝利，勝つ. It 確実にするd that Reddick would be in the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 12 of the プレーオフs for the first time, taking almost all the 圧力 off the No. 45 team 長，率いるing to next week's cutoff race at Bristol.
"We have enough 速度(を上げる）, we should be able to make it through this first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する, and winning certainly helps," Reddick said. "Going into the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 12, we can 選ぶ up just a little, and then as we go we can keep amping it up."
Hamlin, on the other 手渡す, had a bit of bad luck Sunday. Bubba Wallace and ツバメ Truex Jr. had a whole lot of it.
Hamlin looked as if he would 巡航する to a 記録，記録的な／記録する fifth Kansas 勝利，勝つ as he 支配するd the last 35 （競技場の）トラック一周s. But when Chris Buescher blew a 権利 後部 tire, a 一貫した problem for drivers throughout the 週末, the 警告を与える flew and the leaders were 軍隊d into the 炭坑，オーケストラ席s. Hamlin's lead suddenly was gone as the field 用意が出来ている for a two-（競技場の）トラック一周 sprint to the finish.
Hamlin had been chased for much of the race by Kyle Larson, who was lurking behind on the 再開する. When the green 旗 flew, the driver of the No. 11 was so 焦点（を合わせる）d on what Larson was doing that he lost 跡をつける of what was happening in 前線.
Tyler Reddick, 中心, celebrates on the 跡をつける after winning a NASCAR Cup Series 自動車 race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)
Reddick had a terrific 再開する, fooling everyone by 狙撃 past them on the 底（に届く） rather than the 最高の，を越す, where he is known for running. And by the time Hamlin realized his mistake, Reddick was far enough ahead that he couldn't catch up.
"It stinks. It certainly flipped the results from first to second," Hamlin said. "But that's part of racing, 権利? Our sport is different than others. It's a sport of chance at times, and luck does play a factor, and we were unlucky to get that 警告を与える.
"We knew that there was going to be a handful of cars that were going to do the opposite of what we did. I think the 権利 call was four tires," Hamlin 追加するd, "but the 45 just did a 広大な／多数の／重要な 職業 of 遂行する／発効させるing. They 遂行する／発効させるd the 再開する really, really 井戸／弁護士席."
It wasn't 完全に bad for Hamlin. He co-owns the No. 45 of 23XI Racing along with Michael Jordan.
"It makes me happy," Hamlin said, "that if it wasn't us, it was them. It's a decent day."
Would have been even better had 23XI's other car, with Bubba Wallace, not had the same 権利 後部 tire problem. In his 事例／患者, the defending race 勝利者 was running second when his tire went 負かす／撃墜する, sending Wallace on a 塀で囲む-捨てるing ride around the 跡をつける. The tire was shredded and smoke （機の）カム 大波ing out as Wallace entered the 炭坑，オーケストラ席.
It turned out that he broke the toe link, a piece that 持つ／拘留するs the 後部 tire straight. The No. 23 team 直す／買収する，八百長をするd it quickly, but Wallace 負傷させる up finishing four （競技場の）トラック一周s 負かす／撃墜する, 取引，協定ing his プレーオフ chances a big blow with just one race left before the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 12.
"I got loose like, five （競技場の）トラック一周s before," said Wallace, now 19 points below the プレーオフ 削減（する） line. "Three or four （競技場の）トラック一周s later it blew."
Just like the 後部 tire of Truex, the 正規の／正選手-season 支持する／優勝者, only his （機の）カム three （競技場の）トラック一周s into the race. It sent him into the 塀で囲む with 激しい enough 損失 that he was done for the day, and he went from 25 points above the 削減（する） line to seven points below it.
"Just unfortunate and very unlucky," Truex said. "I took off really tight and I knew something was up, and then 削減（する） a 権利 後部. Not really sure what happened, 明白に, but it blew in the worst place possible. I hate it for my guys. We were going to have a 広大な／多数の／重要な day. Just not where what we need to do to get some luck here."
Indeed, Truex was 急速な／放蕩な. So were Hamlin and Wallace.
非，不，無 of them got the break they needed to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Reddick on Sunday.
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ツバメ Truex Jr. stands during the 国家の 国家 before a NASCAR Cup Series 自動車 race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)
Tyler Reddick gets 浴びせる／消すd by his 乗組員 as he celebrates in Victory 小道／航路 after winning a NASCAR Cup Series 自動車 race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)
Tyler Reddick 長，率いるs 負かす／撃墜する the 前線 straightaway during a NASCAR Cup Series 自動車 race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)
